Attachment for hats and the like



Fgb. 4, 1930. c." E. GUY 13 541 ATTACHMENT FOR HATS AND THE LIKE Filed Nox r. 16, 1927 074471555 GZ/y mym Gem-m Patented Feb. 4, 1930 CHARLES E. GUY, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK ATTACHMENT FOR HATS AND THE LIKE Application filed November 16, 1927. Serial No. 233,687.

This invention relates to heat insulating attachments forhats.

An important object of the invention is to,

provide novel heat insulating means adapted 5 to be inserted within a hat to protect the head of the wearer from the actionof the rays of the sun.

Another object of the invention is to providea lining or protector which may be inserted Within a hat, cap or the like, and provided with an airspace which tends to exclude the heat rays of the sun.

"A further object is to provide a lining or protector for hats having means for readily inserting the lining within the hatand securing it thereto.

A further object is to provide a device of the character referred to which includes a body of heat insulating material and which is. provided with coacting spaces whereby the head of the wearer of the hat is effectually protected from the action of the rays of the sun.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description. I

In thedrawing I have shown a preferred embodiment of the invention. In this shows,

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a hat with the lining or protector inserted therein,

Figure 2 a plan view of the assembled lining, V

Figure 3 is asectionon line 33 of Figure 9 n I V 1 i i Figure 4' is a view-in perspective of a portion of the lining.

10. designates a hat comprising a brim 11, crown 12, hat band 13, and sweat band 14.

A lining or protector 15 which forms the subject of the invention, includes a frame :16 made of any light material but preferably of cardboard, is shaped in amanner to conform to the crown of the hat in whichit is to be used. This framelis provided with cut out portions 17 and with extensions or tabs 18 connected to the ends of the frame.

A lining 19 of cloth or paper, but preferably of silk is attached to one side of the frame- 16 by any desired means such as by sewing but preferably by being glued to the frame. A layer of heat insulating material 20, preferably formed of cork, is glued or otherwise secured, to the opposite side of, the frame 16. The layer of heat insulating material 20 is provided with a plurality of projections 21 preferably made of cork. It will be obvious, however, that these projections may be made of a material other than cork as their function is simply to form an air space between the top of the hat and the layer of insulating material.

' The protector or lining is attached to the; hat or cap most conveniently by holding the hat with its crown extending downwardly, raising up the sweat band all around the hat, bending the projections or tabs 18 at right angles to the plane of the frame 16, inserting; the lining within the hat so that the projections or tabs 18 lie adjacent the sides of the crown of the hat, and then bending the sweat band back to its normal position.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a lining or protector for a hatwhich is particularly efiicient in protecting the head of the wearer from the rays of the sun. When the lining or protector is in place in the hat the projections 21 contact with the top of the hat thus forming an air space between the crown and the layer of heat insulating material. This air space acts as a very eflicient insulating means to prevent the rays of the sun from penetrating through 1 the hat to the head of the wearer. The cut out portions 17 provided in the frame 16 serve V th blf t f "t 11 'Referring to the drawings the numeral edou e unc 1on0 lessemng he Welg tof the lining and also forming additional dead air spaces closed by the heat insulating ma terial on one side and by the silklining on the opposite side.

Although I have shown and described a preferred form" of the invention it is to be. understood that changes may be made in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts and in the materials employed without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. Aheating insulating attachment for hats and the like comprising a member formed of a pair of layers of material adapted to be arranged in a hat adjacent the top thereof, one only of said layers being provided with cut out portions, the other layer being formed of heat insulating material, and a relatively thin layer secured to the underside of said layer having said cutout portions whereby dead air pockets are provided between said layer of insulating material and said lining.

2. Aheating insulating attachment for hats and the like comprising a member formed .of a pair of layers of material adapted to be arranged in a hat adjacentflthe top: thereofilone of said layers being providedtwith out out portions, the other layer being formed of vheat insulating material, and meansiarranged out- Wardly ofthe center ofsaid last named layer ofamaterial for maintaining'itspaced :from the top of the hat,'and a relatively thin lining secured to one side ofsaidlayer having said cutout portions. v 3. A heatyinsulating attachment for hats and the like comprising a layer-ofimaterial provided with cut-out portions, a layer of liningmaterial secured to one side thereof, a

layer of heat insulating material secured to ,-the opposite side thereof,.and.means for positioning'therlayers within a hat with the layer of the heat insulating material adjacent the top of the hat and spaced therefrom.

-4. .Aheat insulating attachment for hats and the like comprising a layer of heat in- -1sulatingmaterialshaped to conform to the .top ofthe hat and adapted to be arranged in iwthejhat, a plurality of projections carried by one side ofsaid'layer and adapted to Contact 40 with thetop of-the-hat toform dead air pockets between saidlayer and the top ,of 7 said hat, a-second layer of-material provided witheutoutportions arranged adjacent said Efirstnamed layer, and a lining secured" to v one: side of said second layer to form dead air pockets between said first-named layer and "saidlining.

r ;;In testimony whereof I affix my signature, I CHARLES E. GUY. 

